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    GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 460 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 460 stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 768 MB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 25% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 460.
    • GeForce GTX 460 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 460 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 175 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 460.
    • GeForce GTX 460 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 1200 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 460.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 24−27 60−65
    medium / 1080p 14−16 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than GeForce GTX 460.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Architecture Fermi GCN
    Code name GF104 Wimbledon XT
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 12 July 2010 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 336 2560
    Core clock speed 675 MHz 850 MHz
    Transistor count 1,950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 37.80
    Floating-point performance 907.2 gflops
    Length 8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 2x 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.1
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
    Height 4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI +
    HDCP +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
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